THEA 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Gregory Hines, Bill Robinson, Step Dance
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Actually covers a wide range of dance styles. Before the 1950s jazz dance referred to styles from an african american vernacular of dance from 1800s to early 1900s. Jazz dance was often referred to as tap dancing as it was set to. Cakewalk, charleston, jitterbug, boogie woogie, and swing. Today many of these styles are still popular and continue to be practiced and taught. After the 1950s dancers such as katherine dunham added a african- Caribbean influence and turned it into a performing art. Tap dance broke off on its own evolutionary path. Jazz dance also evolved on broadway with new smooth style. Jazz on broadway was popularized by choreographers such as jerome. Modern jazz dance is still popular and is still a foundation of musical. Theatre , and popular dance as seen in music videos and hip hop. One thing that has been a constant is its inclusion of popular music of the current era.
